Vues en Egypte ... &c. [Together with:] Views in Palestine ... &c. [And:] Views in the Ottoman Empire ... &c
Mayer, Luigi
London. Printed by T[homas]. Bensley ... for R. Bowyer. 1802; 1804; 1803
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Mayer's three works on the Middle East in stunning contemporary red morocco.
A student of Piranesi, Luigi Mayer (1755 - 1803) was part of the entourage of Sir Robert Ainslie, ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1776 - 1792. These (and most other of his works) were commissioned by Ainslie and feature Mayer's own illustrations taken from Ainslie's collection. The works were published separately before being issued together after the publication of the Views in Palestine in 1804.
'Lowndes states that the text was in English and French, but the position seems in fact to be, as stated by Brunet, that Bowyer published a separate edition in French with the title dated 1802 [as here], and that in some cases copies are found with the English and French texts brought together. In the case of the Palestine and Caramania ... there was probably no separate French edition, and the English and French texts are together ... '. (Abbey).
[see Abbey 369; not in Tooley; Atabey 786 also with French edition of Views in Egypt].
A student of Piranesi, Luigi Mayer (1755 - 1803) was part of the entourage of Sir Robert Ainslie, ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1776 - 1792. These (and most other of his works) were commissioned by Ainslie and feature Mayer's own illustrations taken from Ainslie's collection. The works were published separately before being issued together after the publication of the Views in Palestine in 1804.
'Lowndes states that the text was in English and French, but the position seems in fact to be, as stated by Brunet, that Bowyer published a separate edition in French with the title dated 1802 [as here], and that in some cases copies are found with the English and French texts brought together. In the case of the Palestine and Caramania ... there was probably no separate French edition, and the English and French texts are together ... '. (Abbey).
[see Abbey 369; not in Tooley; Atabey 786 also with French edition of Views in Egypt].
pp. 109, (ii); 47, (i); 37, (ii). 3 vols. in 1. Folio. (472 x 348 mm). Each vol. with printed title and list of plates (the third work with French and English titles) and a total of 96 colour aquatint plates with printed title, each printed recto only. Text in French for first work, text in English and French for second and third works. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, boards with outer border of triple-filet rules enclosing cornucopia and palmette devices, inner border of blindstamped Greek keys alternating with crosses, central panels finely blind- and gilt-ruled with branches at corners and oakleaves and acorns at center of each side to enclose diamonds with inward-facing sphinxes at sides, banded spine with alternating gilt-decorated and blindstamped decoration with gilt title in seven compartments, citron moiré silk endpapers, inner gilt dentelles and red-morocco endpaper border, a.e.g.
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